Driveshafts & Final Drive
9.6 OUTPUT SHAFT BEARING, RENEW
@ SRO 51.10.22
9.7
SRO 51.20.04
. Disconnect vehicle battery ground lead.
. Support the vehicle at the rear and remove the rear road wheel (or wheels).
9 'Match mark' the axle shaft flange to the output shaft flange and remove fixings, note camber shim.
. Thoroughly clean the area around the output shaft housing and differential case.
. Release fixings and remove output shaft assembly, discard '0' ring.
. Mark bearing retaining collar axially and drill 3 off holes 4,O mm diameter equally spaced, to a MAXIMUM depth of
. With a suitable chisel (2 Fig. 1) strike the collar across the three drilled holes to relieve tension within the steel.
CAUTION: Do not drill into the output shaft, it is not necessary to break the inside diameter of the collar. There is
no need to to split the collar when chiselling.
Using a suitable press, remove bearing and collar, remove the oil seal and discard it along with bearing.
CAUTION: The original bearing must NOT be cleaned and reused; always renew it.
Inspect the output shaft oil seal surface for damage corrosion or grooving and replace as necessary.
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OUTPUT SHAFT OIL SEAL, RENEW
5,O mm (1 Fig. 1).
Do not use abrasive cloth or paper to remove imperfections from the seal surface
. Using special tools JD 550-1 and 18G 134, assemble new oil seal to housing, ensuring that the seal top face is 1,8 mm below the housing top face and NOT down on the counterbore face.
Lubricate the output shaft seal diameter and oil seal lip and position the housing assembly to the shaft.
Using special tool SL 7 and a suitable press, assemble bearing to output shaft.
. Using special tool SL 7 and a suitable press, assemble retaining collar to output shaft.
= Fit the original shims and using hand pressure only to seat the assembly, check that theclearance between the output
. Using a new '0' ring and sealant on the mating faces, assemble the output shaft assembly to the differential case.
. Fitting and reassembly is the reversal of this procedure ensuring that all fixings are tightened to specification and
shaft
housing and differential case is in the range
0,05 to 0,13 mm. Shim to suit if not in this range.
See Sub
-Section 9.3 Output Shaft End Float Check.
new locking nuts are used.
Correct the final drive oil level
if required.
Issue 1 August 1994 X300 VSM
